Efficient electron spin manipulation in a quantum well by an in-plane electric field

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 25, 2003, Pages 5295-5297

  Rashba, E I ^a,b   Efros, Al L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPINS; ENERGY SPECTRUM; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FREQUENCIES; HAMILTONIANS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 0942299443     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1635987     Document Type: Article

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